Climate and Energy

Mitigation, adaptation, and the transition to cleaner economies

President Xi Jinping meets with Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso

Opinion: China can play a role in a post-oil Ecuador

The Ecuador-China relationship need not end with oil, if commitment – and cash – for conservation initiatives can be strengthened, writes Rebecca Ray

EU looks for closer ties and clean energy in Latin America

electrical bus in bus lane and cyclist on road

Energy transition

Q&A: ‘Latin America has different versions of the energy transition’

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Can new tech make carbon offsets trustworthy?

an indigenous peson wearing traditional clothing at a meeting

Amazon Summit: Observers frustrated by more talk, not enough action

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Electric vehicles

Going electric in the Dominican Republic: a luxury or realistic goal?

voters at one of the presidential election events

Guatemala elections: Green issues low on the agenda in chaotic race

Skyscraper surrounded by smog

Wood-burning stoves are a hurdle in Chile’s energy transition

Indigenous groups in Brazil fight for their lands as legal change looms

Highlights

demonstrators holding a Chilean flag in front of a thermoelectric power plant

Decarbonisation

Will Chile achieve its goal of an energy transition by 2030?

Chile’s energy transition faces a tall task, with new regulations, investment and incentives, new tech and new actors all needed

Elizabeth Mrema

Elizabeth Mrema: ‘A lot still has to be done for a biodiversity agreement’

With COP15 looming, we hear from the executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the next steps for the new global agreement on biodiversity

four people applaud standing in front of a banner that reads "oceans conference".

UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater action to tackle crisis

Week-long gathering in Lisbon ends with many promises, but observers and activists left disappointed by lack of firm targets

A person standing on a board looks out over an offshore wind farm.

Are offshore wind farms the future of energy in Latin America?

Colombia and Brazil target Latin America’s first offshore wind projects. Regulation and finance are needed to realise the region’s high potential

Underwater view of seagrass, sun above

How ‘marine heatwaves’ affect the ocean – and what can be done?

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Energy transition

Argentina targets huge expansion of renewable energy by 2030

Man riding horse on train tracks

Green hydrogen plant in Uruguay faces challenge over water use

An offshore wind farm in Europe

Energy transition

Colombia’s offshore wind power plans spark hope and caution

A worker at the Paso Severino reservoir in Uruguay

Extreme weather

Uruguay water crisis: Drought, climate change and poor planning collide

Susana Muhamad facing crowd

Indigenous peoples

Amazon ministers meet as Indigenous struggles mount up

General view of the polling station on the day of the 2023 constitutional election in Chile

Chile’s second attempt at a new constitution dials down green ambitions

French president Emmanuel Macron receives Colombia's president Gustavo Petro Urrego at the ‘New Global Financing Pact' summit in Paris

Paris climate finance summit: lifelines for Latin America?

Celeste Saulo

WMO lead: ‘If climate crisis is dealt with in a patriarchal way, needs won’t be met’

The port of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil. The town is an important hub for communities in the Javari Valley, one of the country’s largest Indigenous territories

Bruno and Dom: ‘Health boat’ continues murdered expert’s work in the Amazon

aerial image of a solar plant in the middle of the desert

The largest solar farm in Latin America, at what cost?

Yaku Pérez speaks at the Congress of Ecuador

Yaku Pérez: ‘We must defend Yasuní’

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